News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-19
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with his wife and two daughters in
June, to see the old world. He has
engaged two double state-rooms on the
steamer Ems of the North German
Lloyd line, and will start on June 8.
A book agent called upon the Su-
perintendent of Schools at Cleveland,
O., and not finding him, rang a bell
close at hand. 1t proved to be fire
alarm, at the sound of which 600 well
trained pupils arose and filed out of
the building. The agent quickly de-
! parted for ''fields fresh"
The editor of a Pennsylvania paper
says that he was rendered for some
minutes breathless last week by a
stranger-who proved to be an old de-
linquent notwithstanding into his
Office and planking down 63 round
silver dollars, the total amount due
for back subscriptions.
Things are lively in Afghanistan.
A report tells of a two days battle
between the Ameer's forces and the
Insurgents, in which 700 men were
killed. The Ameer's troops are said
to be deserving to the enemy. While
no particulars are given, there will be
suspicious that Russian intrigue has
something to doIwith the case.
The Republicans of Kentucky have
nominated William o. Bradley for
Governor on a platform of sound gen
eral principles, according with those
held by the party at large, and assail-
ing the Democrats for mismanagement
of state affairs. Mr.. Bradley is a
young man, not more than 40 years
old, stanch Republican, an able law
yer, and a gentleman of excellent
character The nomination arouses
enthusiasm, and the party starts into
the campaign with much spirit. The
Republicans have made great gains in
the stste of late years, and are full of
hope regarding the future.
A letter from ex-Lieut. Britton Da-
Wis, manager of the Carrolitas Mining
company in the State of chihuahua,
Mexico, $50 miles southwest of Ell
Paso, reports great havoc by the
earthquake of May 3. At Bahispe
40 families are reported destroyed,
and other small hamlets are supposed
to have suffered even more. An ac-
tive volcano is reported at Casa
Grande. The letter also states that
a spring throwing a stream big as a
mans body, 80 feet high, has broken
out. The spring has been dry for
decades.
Earthquake shocks continue at Ures
near Guayamas, Mexico. Many bull
dings have been cracked and rendered
unsafe. Nobody has been hurt as
yet, but the inhabitants are leaving
as fast as possible. A large slice of
mountain near the town fell with a
terrible crash. The friction of the
rocks ignited the wood, causing the
belief that volcano had broke out.
At the Delicias Santa Elena mines
the earthquake caused a great panic.
The whole hill fell down, scattering
the rocks among $50 persons. For
tunately nobody was hurt. The dis
tricts beyond telegraphIc communica-
ton have not been heard from. The
authorities are awaiting couriers.
The evils of easy divorce may be
counteracted either by restricting the
power of courts to grant DEGREES, or
by regulating the mode of the mar
rage contract, prescribing forms, re-
quiring publicity, etc. In the Forum
for May, Judge Edmund I'll. Bennett,
of Boston, who strongly favors the
second way of making divorce less
frequent, will show how lightly the
contract of marriage is treated in the
Legislation Of most of the States. Ii
is simple truth and no exaggeration
whatever, that in many States, nota-
Ebly in New York, a man and woman
or a boy and girl, may be married
with less form and ceremony than at
tends the purchase of peck of pota.
toes.
| Much has been heard of the barbed
wire monopoly, but some of those con
nected with it do not seem to find j
over-proftable. Schnabel & Co. ani
Sherman & Marsh, two big firm.
engaged in making barbed-wire, one
of Deering Station, ILL.,, and the othel
at Grand Crossing, Ill.,, have failed
with liabilities aggregating abou
1856, 900. The cause of the failure i:
said to be the interstate commerce.
law, which prevented the firms getting
special freight rates but the law has
been in operation so short a perio(
that it does not seem possible for it tc
have wrought such disastrous results
The profits of the so-ealled monopoly
do not appear to have been so great as
to enable it to defy opposing infu
ences.
An American woman, recently pre-
sented to the Queen at Buckingham
Palace, wore most noticeable gown.
The petticoat was of white satin, the
, front breadth of which was embroi-
dered with pearl point and the corsage
hand embroidered with silver bullion.
The train from the right shoulder was
four yards long, of silver brocaded
flowers on pouh de sole and lined with
turquoise blue ottoman silk and revers
of the same, upon which were placed
seven clusters of three tips each. In
the centre of her corsage was VERT
able Koh-i-noor ON the left of a huge
diamond crescent, and her hair was
beautifully dressed With diamond
headed pins.
| According to Miss Matte Watts.
who has been a missionary in Brazil
for five years, the people in that coun-
try are decidedly behind the age The
men are regarded as superior race
and the women are designedly kept in
ignorance. The fathers think the
boys must be educated, but not the
girls. OF the six millions of women
not more than half million can so
much as read or write. When COM
pany comes in Brazilian house the
gentlemen 60 to the gentlemen's par
lor and the ladies to the ladies' parlor.
The only way the women ever got to
see the men was to look through the
key hole, and they did this.
DEATH OF Hon. HENRY LANE.-Hon.
| Henry Lane died quite suddenly at his
home in Cornwall at O'Clock Monday
| afternoon. He had appeared to be in
| his usual health in the morning and his
death was entirely unexpected. Judge
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